{"id":11156,"date":"2026-04-22T09:16:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/22\/russia-rejects-netanyahu-iran-nuclear-program-claims\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:16:22","slug":"russia-rejects-netanyahu-iran-nuclear-program-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/22\/russia-rejects-netanyahu-iran-nuclear-program-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Rejects Netanyahu\u2019s Claims on Iran\u2019s Nuclear Program as Unacceptable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s remarks on Iran\u2019s nuclear program as &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and a distortion of historical facts. Maria Zakharova stated that Netanyahu\u2019s claim that Israel has eliminated the threat of a &#8220;nuclear Holocaust&#8221; posed by Iran does not align with reality.<\/p>\n<p>According to RIA Novosti, Zakharova emphasized that making such allegations about Iran\u2019s nuclear program reflects a misunderstanding of the current situation. She did not provide further details but clarified Moscow\u2019s stance against this type of rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Netanyahu had claimed that Israel\u2019s actions have prevented what he called the &#8220;Iranian nuclear threat.&#8221; This comes as reports published by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during various periods have focused on monitoring Iran\u2019s nuclear activities.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Within this framework, the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khamenei, the revered leader of the Islamic Revolution, prohibiting the production and use of weapons of mass destruction, has been cited by Iranian authorities as part of the country\u2019s official stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia calls Netanyahu\u2019s statements on Iran\u2019s nuclear program unacceptable, labeling them as distortions of historical facts and emphasizing Iran\u2019s peaceful nuclear aims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}